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description: Inscribed blocks from various parts of the site at Gortyn.
catalogue number: 1158
LSAG reference: 315.03
date: c. 525 to 500?
object type: Block
region: AI
sub-region: Doric Islands (S. Aegean)
archaeological context: Gortyn
    publications:
IC vol. 4 no. 62-64

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Crete
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:61 comments:
Punctuation sign used. More inscriptions: IC, IV, 62-64.

Letter forms found in this inscription are listed below. Click on a glyph to browse other inscriptions in which it also appears.
α β γ δ ε Digamma ζ α η Heta θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M Koppa ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω Sampi punct.

    transcription:

[- - -]νας[- - -]
[- - - τ]οι Γο[ρτυνιοι?- - -]
[- - - ελε]ϝθερος̣ [- - -]
[- - -] τις δολ[- - -]
[- - - ϙοσ]μιο̄ν : ε̄ α[- - -]
[- - - λ]αγαιεν α̣[- - -]
[- - -] τα θινα : εν̣[- - -]
[- - -]ι : αι δε με̄ λε[οι - - -]
[- - -]ο̣ι : πινεν : τ̣[- - -].
(IC iv.62)

    translation:

not available